Oven-shelf.



H. L. FRANKLIN & C. C. BRAGG..

Patented Oct. 23,1917.

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I secondly, to provide anoven shelf having movable mountings in theoven, said shelf having connections with a movable door of the ovenwhereby the shelf is properly positioned in the oven when the door isclosed, the openin of the doors serving to withdraw the s elf from theoven and to properly position the same for convenient manipuflation andinspection of artlcles on the shel With these and other objects in viewwhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims, the invention consists in the novel construction andarrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanymg drawings forming apart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of anoven embod g our invention with the. door thereof i ii open osition,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional side elevation of the mechanismillustrated in 1, with the door closed,

Fig. 3 the shelf. Like characters of reference indicate like parts inthe various views.

In the drawings 1 designates enerally an oven comprising side walls 2, aack wall 3, a bottom wall 4:, and. a door 5 constituting the front wallthereof, and having its lower edge hinged to the oven structure, asdesignated at 6, to swing upon a horizontal axis. A latch 7 of usualconstruction is provided on the oven structure and adapted to engage theupper edge of the door to hold it closed. A pair of arms 8 are provided,each arm being pivoted to its-corresponding side wall 2 at a pointadjacent the rear lower corner of the wall. Each arm has a series ofholes 9 formed therein along the length of the same. A pair of spacedextensionslO are formed upon the inner side of the door, and a series ofholes 11 are formed in each of said exten- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed 41911121, 1917. Serial No. 168,638.

' members toward their common is a view in oblique perspective of nersthereof and adapted to engage holes in the corresponding arms 8 andextensions 10. The shelf 12 comprises two members l lhaving theircorresponding sides. hinged together, as designated at 15, stops 16being provided on said shelf members whereby they are prevented fromswinging beyond their common 1plane in one direction. In placing the shef upon its mountings in the oven, which comprise the holes in the arms 8and the extensions 10, the members 14 are swung upon their hingedconnection 15 until the shelf will ass between the arms and saidextensions. he extensions 13 are then moved into their res ective holeson said arms and extensions y swinging the shelf p ane. This movementprojects the extensions 13 into the respective holes and when the shelfmembers .lie in their common plane said extensions oven. Stops 17 areprovided on the side walls of the oven and are adapted to on age thearms 8 when they are swlmg to 51611 outermost position to prevent thearms swin ing forward too far.

en the dooris closed, it will be noted by referring to Fig. 2, that theshelf is properly positioned within the oven and lies in a horizontalplane. As the door is opened the shelf is drawn outwardly with the door,and as the door is opened moved downwardly also, so that when the doorreaches its lower position andis sto ped by the arms 8 engaging thestops 17 t e shelf is in a comparatively low position and is projectedpartially out of the oven. In this position all parts of the shelf maybe easily reached and inspected. When the door is closed again the ovenis raised into its proper position.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim 1. In a device ofthe character described the combination with a receptacle, of a doorhinged to said receptacle, a shelf adapted for movement in saidreceptacle, arms mounted in said receptacle and having holes PatentedOct. 23, 1917.

of spaced extensions formed along the lengths thereof, a pair formed onthe inner side of said door and extending longitudinally thereof andhaving holes formed along the lengths thereof, a shelf adapted formovement in said receptacle, means on said shelf for engagement withcorrespondin holes of said arms and extensions, and means *on said shelffor disengaging said first mentioned means from the engaged hole. 7

2. In a device of the character described the combination with areceptacle, of a door hinged to said receptacle, a shelf adapted formovement in said receptacle, arms mounted in holes formed along thelengths thereof, a pair of spaced extensions formed on the inner side ofsaid door and extending longitudinally thereof and having holes formedalong the lengths thereof, means on said shelf for engagement withcorresponding holes of said arms and said extensions, said shelf beingfoldable to disengage said means from the engaged holes.

3. In a device of the character described the combination withareceptacle, of a door hinged to said receptacle, a shelf adapted formovement in said receptacle, arms mounted in said receptacle and havingholes formed along the lengths thereof, a pair of spaced extensionsformed on the inner side said receptacle and having Laaaaeo of said doorand extending longitudinally thereof and having holes formed along thethe combination with a receptacle, of a shelf comprising two membershaving their corresponding sides hingcdly connected together and havingstops formed thereon adapted to prevent said members from swingingbeyond their common plane in one direction, projections formed on thesides of said shelf, and means in said receptacle for engagingsaidprojections and supporting the shelf when said shelf members lie intheir common plane, said projections being disengaged from said meanswhen said shelf members are positioned out of their common plane.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

HENRY L. FRANKLIN. CHRISTOPHER G. BRAGG

